Clothes rationing averted by Wolf plan in wartime
The article credits Irwin Wolf of Pittsburgh and WPB head Donald Nelson with preventing clothes rationing by agreeing to a simple stock cap tied to the previous year. It notes broader postwar spending concerns, wage cuts, and changes in WPB personnel policies under Nelson, including restrictions on dollar-a-year appointments and conflicts of interest.
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Pittsburgh
Irwin Wolf
Wolf
WPB
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Joseph Weiner
John Davidson
Earl Reed
U. S
China
White House
War Production Board
Washington
Louis Conn comeback sparks postwar boxing buzz
Grantland Rice weighs prospects for Joe Louis and Billy Conn after military service noting weights 230 and 210 pounds and potential returns to 210–212 and 185–190. He predicts a Louis title defense against Conn and discusses charity fights and wartime tax hurdles. Also mentions Tunney and Dempsey aging and Charley Gerhardt as a West Point standout.
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Tust
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
O. K
Louis
Conn
Corbett
Carson City
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Tunney
Dempsey
Sonny Tufts A Colorful Hollywood Rebel From Boston to Fame
Hollywood gossip profiles Sonny Tufts a blue-blood rebel from Boston whose family roots Harvard Yale and Tufts mark his background He rose from a refrigerator salesman stint to a film star appearing opposite Paulette Goddard in I Love a Soldier and starring in Government Girl Bring On the Girls Here Come the WAVES and more He is noted for his charm bold talk and a wild party anecdote involving WAVES and friends including Frank Sinatra and Joe Pasternak.
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TUFTS
Boston
Hollywood
Sonny
Tufts College
Harvard
Yale
Paulette Goddard
Motion Picture Herald
Bowen Charleton Tufts III
Eddie Cantor
Wise Tufts Sr
Philips- Exeter
Plymouth
Joe Egli
Paramount
Charles Boyer
Mark Sandrich
Bing Crosby
Betty Hutton
Frank Sinatra
Joe Pasternak
Frank
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Washington, D. C
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Roosevelt
Merry
Jesse Jones
Maury Maverick
France
Egypt
Greece
Grantland Rice
Red Cross
Army and Navy
Army
Mike Jacob
Mike
New York
Gerhardt
Maj
Lou Beard
Charley Gerhardt
Saint Lo
West Point
Yank
Left
Lower
Bulgaria
Sergt
Eddy Lanary
Lancaster
Ohio
Right
George Cale
Columbus
Roe Brest
Wall
Rhine
Philippines
Cebu
Third Fleet
MacArthur
Todd Watley
Armed Forces
Collie
Opera
Tito Schipa
Big Fink
Paris
The
Met
Palm Beach
Sonny Tufts
United States
Rade
Win Se, & Cleaners
Cornelia
Georgia
E. Allsmith
W. Nedre Avenue
Philadelphia
Lyrug Companys
Maute Data
Newark
N. 3
Vicks
Vita-Berles
Vita-Be ‘A-Berles Sales CO
Cleveland
Itsgl Airea A
Tum Tey
Carboil
Dtores
Epurlock-Neal Co
Nashville, Tenn
WNU
Wenn Chee
Ted Doan
Doan
Doans
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